“When you give someone your time you are giving them a portion of your life that you’ll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give is your time.”
Rick Wa…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The holiday season is in full swing here in Boca Grande and the fish have been biting!
The cold weather and fronts have got the backcountry fish fired up and on the …
Although dogs are allowed on some beaches, many do not allow dogs, such as those at state parks, including Gasparilla Island State Park. Occasionally, they do escape.
Over 30 species of shorebi…
Summer restoration projects held up well
SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA
The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is making good progress after the double whammy of Hurr…
“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Words spoken after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Former President Franklin Roosevelt would be disappoi…
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR
With plenty of time to tie up some new bugs, I get excited to try new things. The files these days have better quality hooks, readily available materials and the world of g…
On Monday, Nov. 18, Lee County Government launched a new resource website, “Flooding Facts,” to offer information about the various types of flooding seen in Lee County in the past 10 years. The w…
A new statewide push by State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo to discourage the fluoridation of Florida water will not affect residents of Boca Grande and Cape Haze, as the water here is not flu…
“I have come to a resolution myself, as I hope every good citizen will, never again to purchase any article of foreign manufacture which can be had of American make, be the difference of price wha…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
A record setting year all around for the 29th annual Gasparilla Island Fly Fishing Tournament presented by Gasparilla Outfitters. This year the tournament hosted fiftee…
